GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1972
by Krystyna Turska
Macmillan, 1972
32 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: folktales, Poland, country life, ducks, kindness to animals, pets
The Woodcutter’s Duck
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: country life, ducks, folktales, Magic, Poland
Duffy and the Devil
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: country life, devil, England, Fairy Tale, folktales, Magic
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1974
text by Harve Zemach
illustrated by Margot Zemach
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973
36 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: folktales, Great Britain, country life, magic, fairy tales
Sarah, Plain and Tall
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: country life, death, pioneer life, prairies, single parent, stepmothers
NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER – 1986
by Patricia MacLachlan
New York: HarperCollins, 1985
58 pp., 9 chapters
Ages: 5 +
Interests: history, farm life, prairies, stepmothers
Next: the sequel Skylark
Anno’s Journey
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in Books, books 6+ Tags: art, country life, history, puzzles, travel
by Mitsumasa Anno
originally published in Japan in 1977
New York: William Collins, 1978
42 pp.
Age: 6+
Interests: art, history, country life, travel, puzzles
The Biggest Bear
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: American history, animals, bears, country life, hunting, nature
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1953
by Lynd Ward
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1952
85 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: nature, farms, hunting, bears
Chanticleer and the Fox
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: animals, country life, farm, folktales, fox, history, rooster
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1959
by Barbara Cooney (adapted and illustrated by)
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1958
32 pp.
Age: 3+
Interests: folktales, farm animals, roosters
Also by this illustrator: Miss Rumphius
Finders Keepers
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: animals, country life, dogs, farm
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1952
by Will (William Lipkind)
illustrated by Nicolas (Nicolas Mordvinoff)
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1951
30 pp.
Age: 2 +
Interests: dogs, farms
Mr. Gumpy’s Outing
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: animals, boats, country life, siblings
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1970
by John Burningham
London: Jonathan Cape, 1970
30 pp.
Age: 2+
Interests: animals, boats, river life, siblings
Also by this author: Avocado Baby, Borka, Come Away from the Water Shirley, Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World
The Egg Tree
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in Books, books 3+ Tags: country life, crafts, Easter
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1951
Katherine Milhous
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1950
29 pp.
Age: 3 +
Interests: Easter, crafts, country life, traditions
The Little House
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in Books, books 2+ Tags: cars, cities, construction, country life, environment, history, machinery, nature, seasons
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1943
Virginia Lee Burton
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942
40 pp
ages 2 +
Interests: machinery, cars, construction, country living, the seasons, and what life was like long ago…
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